Luis Delgado
LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION MANAGER
Denver,CO
Summary
Experienced Logistics & Transportation Manager with over 20 years of experience in private and public sector industries. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
EMERGENCY LOGISTICS RESPONSE MANAGER
FEMA
Lakewood, CO
12.2017 - Current
- Maintained current understanding of local, state and federal guidelines for emergency response.
- Kept informed of activities or changes that could affect likelihood of emergencies, factors that could affect response efforts and details of plan implementation.
- Investigated practical and theoretical issues facing emergency response capabilities and identified effective logistics and transportation resolutions.
- Improved realization of organizational objectives by effectively communicating department goals, organizational objectives and external industry trends.
- Built and strengthened relationships with area governments, departments and agencies to manage effective planning and implementation of emergency response strategies.
- Inspected facilities and equipment such as emergency management response and recovery centers and communications equipment to determine operational and functional capabilities in emergency situations.
- Lead operational and emergency response planning workgroups with state and federal partners connected to disaster readiness initiatives associated to commodity and equipment distribution management in areas of logistics, transportation, and inventory management of commodities pre and post disaster stages
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial distribution agreements of 49 Million Units of PPE between commercial vendors and state government emergency response parties.
SR. TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ANALYST
Johns Manville
Littleton, CO
09.2017 - 12.2017
- Gathered, documented and modeled data to assess transportation business trends.
- Helped senior leadership team with effective management of freight contracts, carrier selection and delivery planning optimization initiatives.
- Recommended freight and operational storage improvements at manufacturing plants and distribution centers based on tracking and analysis of load time guided data.
- Lead freight negotiation initiatives in favorable non-contract freight costs with established preferred carriers and broker business partners to support transportation procurement efforts during high product demand and low carrier availability during seasonal periods, reducing transportation spend by 8 percent.
- Identified process improvement and variance freight cost/rate reduction opportunities and took actions required to implement better transportation enabling capabilities for all production plants in North America Region
SR. LOGISTICS PROJECT MANAGER
Orica Mining Services
Watkins, CO
03.2017 - 07.2017
- Conducted research to address shipping errors and packaging mistakes.
- Monitored and complied with strict budgets by negotiating freight in alignment with needs and specifications.
- Developed warehouse system that provided best cost with appropriate service levels to achieve organizational goals.
- Lead team members – 2 supervisors & 3 analysts- involved in logistics and transportation functions focusing in delivering savings targets of $30M in transportation, logistics and operational costs across North America
- Managed project progress of logistics and transportation global cost saving plan, ensuring goals meet required timelines.
- Improved safety policies to support production and logistics initiatives relating to ATF policies related to Explosive Materials: Finished Material Stand Time Transition to Just in Time Practices
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Revamped legacy reporting practices by implementing Tableau Analysis tools to supplement SAP needed to gather accurate inventory data management across North American distribution network
SR. TRANSPORTATION ANALYST
Ardent Mills
Denver, CO
08.2014 - 02.2017
- Managed system support functions to set priorities and service levels expectations.
- Managed cross-functional teams of 2 independent contractors and 4 full-time employees dedicated to transportation freight optimization, data management, and carrier performance reporting
- Coordinated shipping requests for expedited delivery and documented accurately to achieve correct billing.
- Supported senior company leaders by delivering reports outlining performance to drive process improvements.
- Lead regional transportation demand planning for yearly, quarterly, and monthly production goals while proactively providing impact analysis and recommendations to stakeholders within business to better balance customer expectation and production plan capabilities.
- Minimized process discrepancies by spearheading budget, supervising staff and controlling inventory and supply management.
- Partnered with Customer Service groups, 16 plant operations,20 physical distribution centers, and 5 logistics coordinators ensuring customer orders are planned timely.
- Plan short term transportation/distribution recovery lanes due to operational shutdowns caused by weather, mill/plant mechanical failures and business requirements
- Developed, negotiated, and implemented transportation and packaging material contracts, including management of large multi-national suppliers.
- Developed expansion of intermodal program in Midwest region, resulting in 10% transportation cost savings and 8% decrease in container demurrage charges
- Analyzed transportation market rate trends for existing contract lanes, allowing to identify transportation cost saving opportunities
- Implementing revenue growth and expanding cost saving initiatives for intermodal deliveries, reducing transportation costs for long haul deliveries
SR. GLOBAL LOGISTICS COORDINATOR
American President Lines
Englewood, CO
09.1998 - 06.2014
- Processed and entered customer orders into database and provided proactive customer service for accounts.
- Led daily coordination and cargo planning of class 1 & class 7 shipments on carrier owned and partner vessels for customers as approved by International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMGD) regulations
- Contributed to cargo compliance, organizational policies and procedures connected to Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) regulatory guidelines, maintaining 100 percent global shipment compliance
- Operated closely with customs brokers to ensure proper commodity declaration had been established by utilizing HTS Code classification
- Supported in vessel stowage planning for all Class 1, Class 7, HAZMAT and OOG/Project cargo (Mining & Oil) for West Bound export (Asia), East Bound (Europe) & Middle East destinations
- Determine load factor in order to plan down line allocation or backloading space through reviewing and managing of forecasts, bookings, shipments in pipe line and un-forecasted projects on Service VVPC level
Education
MBA - Supply Chain & Operations Management
Colorado Technical University
CO 04.2014 - 01.2016
BBA - Project Management
Colorado Technical University
CO 08.2011 - 04.2014
Skills
Emergency response coordination
Disaster planning
Transportation activity management
Carrier negotiations
Route optimization
Logistics Management
Safety regulations implementation
Certification
Contracting Officer Representative Level III
Timeline
Contracting Officer Representative Level III
03-2022
EMERGENCY LOGISTICS RESPONSE MANAGER
FEMA
12.2017 - Current
SR. TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ANALYST
Johns Manville
09.2017 - 12.2017
SR. LOGISTICS PROJECT MANAGER
Orica Mining Services
03.2017 - 07.2017
SR. TRANSPORTATION ANALYST
Ardent Mills
08.2014 - 02.2017
MBA - Supply Chain & Operations Management
Colorado Technical University
04.2014 - 01.2016
BBA - Project Management
Colorado Technical University
08.2011 - 04.2014
SR. GLOBAL LOGISTICS COORDINATOR
American President Lines
09.1998 - 06.2014